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The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the
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clinic for the first time. What should the nurse do first? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔introduce self |\ |\ |\
What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about
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their feelings related to their child's illness? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Use open-ended questions.
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What is the single most important factor to consider when
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communicating with children? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
child's developmental level
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What is an important consideration for the nurse who is
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communicating with a very young child? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Use transition objects such as a doll.
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When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who
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seems afraid, the nurse's approach should be based on which
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principle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The child may think the
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equipment is alive. |\ |\
Which age group is most concerned with body integrity? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔School-age child |\ |\ |\
,An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure
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apparatus works. The most appropriate nursing action is to: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Explain in simple terms how it works.
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When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially
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important to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Allow an opportunity to
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express feelings. |\
The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized
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6-year-old child. What technique might be most helpful? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ask the child to draw a picture.
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The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best
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describes how the chief complaint should be determined? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ask adolescent, "Why did you come here
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today?"
Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details
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related to the chief complaint? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Present
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illness
The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, "I
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had a difficult delivery, and my baby was born prematurely." This
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information should be recorded under which heading? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Birth history
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When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse
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asks about developmental milestones such as the age of walking
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without assistance. This should be considered because these
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,milestones are: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An important part of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
child's past growth and development
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The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The
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best way to determine whether she is sexually active is to: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ask her, "Are you having sex with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
anyone?"
When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the
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nurse learns that their diet consists mainly of vegetables,
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legumes, and starches. The nurse should recognize that this diet:
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔May provide sufficient amino acids.
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Which parameter correlates best with measurements of the
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body's total protein stores? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Upper arm
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circumference
An appropriate approach to performing a physical assessment on
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a toddler is to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Use minimal physical
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contact initially. |\
With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) criteria,
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which body mass index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk
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for being overweight? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔85th percentile
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The nurse is using the NCHS growth chart for an African-
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American child. The nurse should consider that: - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔The NCHS charts are accurate for U.S. African- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
American children. |\
, Which tool measures body fat most accurately? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Calipers |\
By what age do the head and chest circumferences generally
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become equal? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1 to 2 years
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The earliest age at which a satisfactory radial pulse can be taken
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in children is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2 years
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Where is the best place to observe for the presence of petechiae
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in dark-skinned individuals? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oral
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mucosa
When palpating the child's cervical lymph nodes, the nurse notes
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that they are tender, enlarged, and warm. The best explanation
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for this is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Infection or inflammation
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close to the site. |\ |\ |\
The nurse has just started assessing a young child who is febrile
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and appears very ill. There is hyperextension of the child's head
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(opisthotonos) with pain on flexion. The most appropriate action |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Refer for immediate medical
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evaluation.
The nurse should expect the anterior fontanel to close at age: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12 to 18 months |\ |\ |\ |\ |\